Marginal Benefit

PridelessIdiot

  • A baby has no worth

It purchases a diamond

That diamond allows for purchase of two toddlers

This toddlers brings a value of platinum bar

Trade platinum to beer in hard liquor

Watch the kid sterile sleeping "pea"cefully

Wait for it to sprout, Die

Break that cup into its original smithereens

Replace every debris with its counterpart teen

Find in each teen a carrot of gold

Immiscible fluids do not mix well together, Fire

Drop every carrot from the roof

Shout at them how: 

gold diggers never dig for their treasure

Send the wrong messenger bird through the air

Watch every carrot erode into silver

There is time to fix this, Quicksilver

Regather the nuggets fallen

Reinspire each chick to live

Dream a bronze shell covering each one

Harvest the egg in baskets

Dig a hol(e)y trench

Smash the egg(s) within its walls

Leave the basket be

Surely they rehatch, Unlesstired

Notice a white opening to invade

Expect Quartz; Topaz; or even Ivory

Disappoint the masses with plain old iron

"But is Iron not useful"

Answer that question yourself

The adult could have come in three lines ago

Sadly missed his queue, rekindlingpyre

World never waited for anyone

Is he ending his life right now

Proceed on to start a new one

Everything sure feels better, hopeitnotbed(es)ire

Except from the part you start as a baby

Try to start from a point beyond that

Manipulate me to make you better

  • Author: PridelessIdiot (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: May 17th, 2022 08:27
  • Comment from author about the poem: Does it ever feel like life gets worse the longer you live it? Or better yet, has your life never felt great at any point in time? Life is dreaded more the longer you live
  • Category: Reflection
  • Views: 8
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